Lessons and Unit Plans

Please post links here to lessons or unit plans, or even useful ideas for inquiry on this issue.


National Geographic - 'Bird Baths - Cleaning up wildlife after oil spills'

Flying Wild - a huge list of educator resources based on the Gulf OIl Spill. Many links here look useful/relevant.

How to talk with kids about the oil spill (based on the Gulf Oil Spill, but could be relevant)

Simple practical lesson on the effect of oil spills and how to clean them up (pdf).

How would an oil spill affect a marine sanctuary? Set up a mock town meeting to discuss the issues.

Emergency Management - activities designed to show the difficulty of cleaning up oil.

National Geographic - Liquid Density and Oil Spills

National Ocean Service - a huge list of resources around oil spills, for a range of ages.

Greenpeace NZ page on the Rena Oil Spill

Investigating Ways to Clean Up Oil Spills- Level 4 - 6 Oil spills on water need to be contained because of their impact on living organisms in marine and coastal communities. Models can be used to investigate possible ways of coping with oil spills.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council - Oil Spill Education Resources

Penguin Sweaters - Resources relating to saving oiled penguins

Penguin Suits can save their lives - How to Knit a Penguin Sweater